Sep 13 2022

Lights Out Texas - Statewide (Sept. 6-Oct. 29)

Sep 6 2022 - 11:00pm to Oct 29 2022 - 6:00am
Statewide
TX

Lights Out Texas is an intiative launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with support from nonprofits including the Texas Conservation Alliance and Texan by Nature to raise awareness about the dangers of light pollution for migrating birds. 

The program asks homeowners, businesses and managers of tall buildings to eliminate or reduce lighting between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. during the peak of the fall migration, Sept. 6 to Oct. 29, 2022. 

Trinity Trash Bash: Cedar Creek Lake

Sep 10 2022 - 8:00am to Sep 24 2022 - 5:00pm
See locations above TX

Volunteers are needed to participate in litter cleanup, hosted by Tarrant Regional Water District, at the following locations:

        Sept. 10 at Lake Bridgeport

        Sept. 17 at Eagle Mountain Lake

        Sept. 17 at Trinity River in Fort Worth

        Sept. 24 at Cedar Creek Lake

Register online.

Dallas Sierra Club: Trinity River Crew - Farmers Branch

Sep 13 2022 - 7:00pm
Brookhaven College
3939 Valley View Lane Bldg H, Geotechnology Institute Building
Farmers Branch , TX

Learn about The Trinity River Crew! A joint Conservation Corps program of Greenspace Dallas and Trinity Park Conservancy, the Crew provides meaningful, paid conservation work experience, education, leadership skills, and professional development training to high potential use from historically marginalized areas along the Trinity River.  The program also creates a collaborative use employment framework that can act as a model throughout the entire Trinity River corridor.  

Organized for their science based and result driven approach to conservation (along with the ability to positively impact people, prosperity, and natural resources), The Trinity River Crew is an inspiring group of young people changing their world.

See website below for details and directions

Info: Victoria Howard, 214-855-1580, [email protected]